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Very Ichneumonid like fly: Loxocera hoffmannseggi (Psilidae)
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Hello!

I had never seen such a fly before, it looked like an 8-9 mm Ichneumonid! Not only the red and black "wasp tail" abdomen, even the white antennae bands of many Ichneumonidae were imitated. In the gallery I found Loxocera hoffmannseggi from the Psilidae looking very similar. Is this a male of it?
Running around on low vegetation in our garden today (northwest Germany).
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More dorsal.
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Another one.
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Thanks Juergen, very nice!Wink
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Meaning: yes, hoffmannseggi.

You lucky b...


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Hello, Camille and Theo!

Thanks a lot! That's really a nice fly Smile.
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Hello!

Is this one from today from our garden (northwest Germany) a female of the same species or of another (sylvatica? fulviventris?)? It has more red on the thorax. Length about 6-7 mm.


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With very long ovipositor.
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in your garden... lucky you!
 
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Hello, Jorge!

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
in your garden... lucky you!


Are they so rare? I had never seen this genus before, but now it was the second specimen within some days - male and female.
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Missed this one 8 years ago, but the female clearly is NOT hoffmannseggi.

THe male still is, though !


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Hello Theo,

Zeegers wrote:
Missed this one 8 years ago, but the female clearly is NOT hoffmannseggi.
THe male still is, though !


ah, thanks! Still more interesting: 2 species of Loxocera within a few days in the garden. Unfortunately I have never seen one again since. Frown
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You can see the first two antennal segments are short, so it is albiseta or aristata, i can't say. These are pretty common, whereas hoffmannseggi is a very rare eye candy !


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Hello Theo,

many thanks for the additional informations!
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And, as I wrote in http://www.dipter...d_id=75671, this male should already be in the gallery!
 
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